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Title: The Brontës in Ireland; or, Facts stranger than fiction
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Wright, William, 1837-1899
Subjects: Brontë family Brontë, Patrick, 1777-1861
Publisher: New York, Appleton
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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thes from the foot of the bed, andsettle on their chests and almost suffocate them. Hugh went to his sister s house one night, takinghis gun with him. He upbraided Frazers ghost forhis ungallant and mean conduct in frightening lonewomen, and then called on him to come out likea man and face him. But nothing appeared, theghost evidently declining to face a loaded musket.Bronte was importunate in his challenge, tauntingthe ghost with all kinds of sarcastic gibes andaccusations, that he might irritate it into appearing ;but the ghost would not be drawn. Then he firedoff his gun, and challenged the ghost to meet himface to face, using every scornful and reproachfulepithet to drive it into a passion, but all in vain. On the following night Hugh returned to thehaunted house with a fiddle, and tried to coax theghost to appear in response to the music. Theghost, however, remained obdurate, regardless alikeof threats, reproaches, and blandishments. Bronte returned home that night in a state of
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THE NEW YO^PUBLIC LTB^AM ASTOR, LEN<3X AaNDTTLDEN FOUNDATIONS THE BRONTES AND THE GHOSTS 213 wild excitement. All the way he incessantlycalled on Frazer to come and shake hands withhim and make up their quarrel. He retired tobed in a delirium of frenzy, and during the nightthe ghost appeared to him and gave him a terrificsqueeze, from which he never recovered. He diedshortly after in great suffering, upbraiding Frazerfor his heartless cruelty and cowardice, and hedeclared on dying that when he reached the landof shadows he would take measures to preventPVazcr from haunting his sister and niece. AfterHughs death the rumblings and apparitions ceasedto trouble his sisters house any more.* The great horror, however, of the haunted glenwas the headless horseman. The phantom generallymade its appearance among thickets of tangledbushes which no horse could penetrate, and glidedsilently over uneven and broken ground where nohorse could have gone. It always appeared to be ridden and guided

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